The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-10

general election shall be held, no cleo
tor shall be obliged to perform mill
tary duty, except in time of war or
public danger.
SEC 3. All elections by the people
shall be by secret ballot.
SEC 4. Provisions shall be made by
law for the registration of the names
of the electors within the counties
and voting precincts of which
they may be residents, and for
the ascertainment, by proper proofs,
of the persons who shall be entitled to
the right of suffrage.
ARTICLE REDISTRIBUTION OF POW
ERS.
SEC. 1. The powers of the govern
ment of the State of Utah shall be
divided into three separate depart
ments: the legislative, the executive
and the judicial; and neither of said
departments shall exercise any func-
lions appertaining to either of the
! others, except in the cases herein eX-
preSsly directed or permitted.
ARTICLE w. LEGISLATIVE DEPART
MENT.
SEC. 1. The legislative authority of
this State shall be vested in a legisla-
ture, which shall consist of a senate
and house of representatives, and the
sessions thereof shall be held at the
seat of government.
SEC. 3. The sessions of the legisla-
ture shall be biennial, and, except at
| the first session thereof, shall COM
mence on the second Monday in Janu
airy next ensuing the election of mem
| bers of the house of representatives
unless the governor shall convene the
legislature by proclamation.
SEC. 3. The members of the house of
representatives shall, except at the
first election, be chosen biennlally, by
the qualified electors of their respec-
tive districts, at the general election,
aHd their term of office shall be two
years from and including the first
Monday IN December next succeeding
| their election.
SEC. 4. The senators shall De chosen
| by the qualified electors of their re-
spective districts, at the same time
and places as the members of the
house of representatives, and their
term of office shall be four years from
and including the first Monday in De-
cember next succeeding their cleo ion,
except as otherwise provided in Sec
ton 10 of Article XVII of this Con-
stitutiOn.
SEC >. The first legislature shall
consist of twelve senators and TWEEN
ty-fOur representatives the number of
senators apd Representatives may be
increased, but the senators shall never
exceed thirty in number, and the num-
Der of representatives shall never be
less than twice that of the senators.
The apportionment and increase of
the members of both houses shall be
As prescribed bV law
SEC. 6. No person shall be senator
VINO snail not have attained the age of
twenty five years, nor shall any person
be a senator or representative who
shall not be citizen of the United
States, and who, except at the first
election, shall not have been two years
resident of this State, and for SIX
months next preceding his election a
resident of the district in which ne is
elected. No person holding any State
office, except officers of the State
militia, commissioners of deeds and
notarieS public, and no executive or
judicial officer, shall have seat in the
legislature.
SEC. I. The members of the legisla- |
ture shall, before entering upon their |
official duties, take an oath or affirma- |
ton to support the Constitution of the |
United States and of this State, and |
faithfully to discharge the duties of |
their respective offices.
SEC. s. Each house shall judge of the |
qualifications, elections, and returns |
OF its own members, may punish them |
for disorderly conduct, and with the |
concurrence of two thirds of its whole
number, expel member.
SEC. 8. No member of the legislature
shall, during the term for which he
shall have been elected, be appointed
to any civil Office of profit under this
State which shall have been created,
or the emeluments of which shall have
been increased during such term, eX-
cept such office as may be filled by cleo
ton by the people.
SEC. TO- Members of the legislature,
in all cases except treason, felony, or
breach of the peace, shall be privileged
from arrest during the session of the
legislature, and for fifteen days next
before the commencement and after
speech or debate in either house they
shall not be questioned in any other
place.
SEC. II. When vacancy occurs in
either house, the governor shall order
an election to fill such vacancy.
SEC. II. A majority of all the mem
bers elected to each house shall con-
stitute a quorum to transact bust
ness, but q smaller number NAV
adjourn from day to day, and compel
the attendance of absent members, in
such manner and under such penalties
as each house may prescribe.
SEC. 10. Each house shall establish
its own rules, keep a journal of it's
own proceedings, and publish them,
except such parts as require secrecy,
and the yeas and nays of the members
OF either house, on any question shall,
at the desire of any three members
present, be entered on the journal.
SEC. IA. The door of each house shall
be kept open during its session, except
the Senate while sitting in executive
session; and neither house shall with
out the consent of the other, adjourn !
tor-more than three days, nor to any
other place than that in which it NAV
be holding session.
SEC. 10. The enacting clause of every
law shall be as follows: "Be it enact
ed by the legislature of the State of
Utah" (
SEC. Is. Any bill or joint resolution
may originate in either house of the
legislature, and shall be read three
times in each house before the final
p ssage thereof, and shall not become
d law without the concurrence of
1oi nri gNe oil (